Why did both british and american armies want to hold new york city

The British as well as the American armies wanted to hold New York City because of its strategic location and its status of an important port.

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The Americans wanted to keep New York as its was a matter of their status. The British wanted to occupy New York so that they could bank upon its status and increase trade and communication links.

The British occupation of New York threatened the communication links between New England and the other allies which could put America at a disadvantage. Both America and Britain wanted bank and benefit from the status of New York.

a.) d-day invasion of normandy.

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alliances in ww1 were different from ww2 because the entente in ww1 made up of serbia,russia,france,britan,japan and italy later america  and all allied in a sort of balance of power and too keep germany,austria-hungary,and the ottomans down. russia allied the serbians in order to exert its influence in the balkans while france allied the russians because france was still in dismay and insulted after the defeat to the germans during the unification of germany and britian allied the belgians after the germans invasion of belgium.in ww2 the alliances were in a preemptive attempt to deter any further wars into happening while germany and italy allied since they were insulted and humiliated after the previous war while also sharing a similar ideology of facsim along with japan which all 3 had a want for world domination and agreed to assist one another in the endevours 

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